yarn
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
his narration was hesitant
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- body part meronym
- introduction part meronym
- close part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
tell or spin a yarn
Types & categories
- recount hypernym
Related & opposite
- yarn derivation
Sense 3 noun
a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
Types & categories
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | recount |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | yarn |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | narrate |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | body |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | introduction |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | close |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | report |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | telling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | yarn |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | recount |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | string |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | thread |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cord |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cotton |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dental floss |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | floss |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Lastex |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ligature |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | metallic |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | nap |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | purl |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | suture |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tinsel |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | warp |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | woof |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | worsted yarn |